amNY:_Jewish New Yorkers Divided in Reactions to Bibi Netanyahu_s Speech to Congress (March 3, 2015)
Netanyahu’s “bombastic” rhetoric was familiar warmongering — hyperbolic, Islamophobic and hypocritical: “He’s pursuing the same aggressive policies toward Palestinians he’s accusing Iran of pursuing against the rest of the Middle East,” Vilkomerson said in a video chat. And the dozens of Democrats who boycotted Netanyahu’s address reflected anger at being expected “to always back Israel no matter what it does,” because “of the strength of the Israel lobby,” she said.

Jewish Telegraph Agency: _UCLA student government passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism (March 12, 2015)
The Jewish Voice for Peace organization in a statement issued after the vote said it was _deeply concerned that the resolution _further enshrines long-standing political efforts to silence legitimate criticism of the state of Israel by codifying its inclusion in the definition of anti-Semitism.

International Business Times:_Israeli Elections Results 2015: What does the future hold for Arab political power? (March 18, 2015)_Non-Zionist Jews, like American blogger Naomi Dann of Jewish Voice For Peace, have called for Israel to be more inclusive of Arabs. _[W]hile Israel calls itself the only democracy in the Middle East,_ 4.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza (over 36% of the people living under Israeli rule) do not have the right to vote for the government that ultimately decides their fate, she wrote.

The Associated Press: _Post-elections a widening US Jewish split over Israel (March 19, 2015)
Rabbi Alissa Wise, a leader of the left group Jewish Voice for Peace, which supports the boycott-divestment-sanctions movement, said that after this week, “there’s no more illusion that there’s a peace process.”

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